Retrospective · Game BoyBionic Commando: Elite Forces: The Bionic Commando Game That Flew Under The Radar
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces was supposedly released on December 31, 1999, in the final hour before Y2K was going to end civilization, although the copyright screen…
Best list · Game Boy100 Best Game Boy Games
The 100 best Game Boy games of all time, ranked by how often players recommend them. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is 1.
Retrospective · Game BoyBomberman Quest: The Bomberman Adventure That Flew Under The Radar
Bomberman Quest begins with a delivery gone wrong. Bomberman is flying a shuttle full of monsters he defeated in earlier adventures back to Planet Bomber when four…
Retrospective · Game BoyDonkey Kong Land: The Donkey Kong Country Game That Only Looks Like a Port
Donkey Kong Land was supposed to be a port. Rare's co-founder Tim Stamper asked the studio's Game Boy programmer, Paul Machacek, to squeeze Donkey Kong Country onto the…
Retrospective · Game BoyDragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors: The Dragon Ball Z Game That Flew Under The Radar
Legendary Super Warriors came out in the United Kingdom on June 28, 2002, six weeks before Japan got it. That alone is odd for a Japanese Dragon Ball game, but the timing…
Retrospective · Game BoyDragon Warrior III: The Lost Super Famicom Remake That Reached America on a Game Boy
The first remake of Dragon Quest III never left Japan. The Super Famicom version arrived in late 1996, at the tail end of the console's life, and with Enix's American…PRESS START
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Retrospective · Game BoyDragon Warrior Monsters: The Monster-Breeding RPG America Barely Bought
Dragon Warrior Monsters was a phenomenon in Japan and a footnote almost everywhere else. It sold 2.35 million copies there, 1.22 million of them in 1998 alone, which made…
Retrospective · Game BoyGame & Watch Gallery: The Game Boy Sequel to a Game America Never Got
Game & Watch Gallery looks like the start of a series, but it is actually the second entry. It follows Game Boy Gallery, a 1995 collection that only came out in Europe…
Retrospective · Game BoyThe Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Oracle of Ages: The Zelda Trilogy That Lost Its Third Game
The Oracle games were meant to be three. Capcom's Flagship team planned a trilogy named after the pieces of the Triforce, Mystical Seed of Power, Wisdom and Courage,…
Retrospective · Game BoyThe Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX: The Zelda Dungeon Game Boy Owners Never Saw
Link's Awakening was never an official project to begin with. It started as an unsanctioned side project, when programmer Kazuaki Morita built a Zelda-like game on one of…
Retrospective · Game BoyMetal Gear: Ghost Babel: The Metal Gear Game Konami Forgot
Metal Gear: Ghost Babel exists because Konami's European office wanted more Metal Gear after the PlayStation hit and asked for a portable one. Konami Computer…
Retrospective · Game BoyMetroid II: Return of Samus: The Metroid Game With a Lost Color Version
For a while, Metroid II was supposed to get a color makeover. A German magazine once printed a screenshot of "Metroid II: Return of Samus DX", a Game Boy Color version…
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